You can now use YouTube videos as your cover video on DEV Posts (Also Mux and Twitch videos)

You can now use a YouTube video as the cover for your post—meaning it will appear above the title and feature prominently in the feed.

Just go to create a post via /new, click Cover Video Link, and paste the URL!

While YouTube is the most popular video embed, we also support Twitch (permalinked videos, not channel links) and Mux!

Mux is primarily video infrastructure for developers, so sharing a direct Mux link isn't the standard use case. However, as developers, we wanted to ensure it was an option!

We have a Mux Challenge running right now, so feel free to use this new functionality for your entry.

DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Presented by Mux: Pitch Your Projects! $3,000 in Prizes. 🎥

Jess Lee for The DEV Team ・ Dec 3

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Using the API

In addition to the editor, you can add one of these links via the video_source_url attribute in the API!

Available in Forem!

DEV is built on Forem, so all things Forem immediately have access to this feature as well.